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` Y l @l1-ifdef interi `stmt NATHAN. A WESTON, JE., WEST` NEWTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

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p TQ'ALEPERSONS To wiioMfrHEsE PnEsENrsfMAY COME: Be it known that- I,NATIIN' WTON, Jr., of West Newton, in the county of `Middlesex, andState of- `f,othe3insects into the room when the windenI may beoperi'.

Massachusetts, have made n new and useful invention having reference toWindows und Curtains tlierelor; and

I do herehj" declarethe seme to be fullyl described in the `followingspecification, and rcprosontcdin the accom- Y panying drawings, ofVnihichf.-A-

Figure 1 is a. front:V elevation, and f t Figure 2 u. side'vie'w of awindowI with my invention applied to it.

'A The. object of my invention is to conibine the window-frame and anordinary Window-curtain of'muslin, luce, o r other mesh-wovenmateriailapplicd thereto, means'or de'viees'by'which, when covering thewzindow jjopeningythc curtain moy-be fastened thereto, so as .tocompletely prevent; the ingress of mosquitoes, flies, or

" Y li( the drawings, 1A4 denotes V'the window-frame es it engi-egimnhenlyibbllcd from the rooni ornnpnrtmen't ltouwhich it may belong.,. Bis a curtain, -of lace or muslin, for instance, applied to such window,and provided with" a loop or bond, C, by which'it :hay he heldin acontracted state'. This curtain at its top should be closely nniled"oraxed to'l the upper edge of the cap a of the'winlloiv-frame, and also atone edge to the outer edge Offene of the pilas'ters b 11';` the Vbottompart vund other edge of the cur'te'in beingunnttnchod to thc window. tUnderneath the sill 'cofV the window-frame', o nl upalong the edge ofthe pilnstor b, I arrange n rofiv of buttons 'or beaded pins, d d d,andlattach to either end pin ofthe series, or to the window-frnme oneend of n' cord, r,

i the vinden-frame, und the curtain applied thereto,sulsta'ntinllyos'rspcciiied.

itc whose other end I usually nix loadedv tassel, f.

When it may be desirsbleto fasten the curtain fo tlxeilrindow-frame, forthe purposcof closingthewindowl opening against the passage'of insectsinto the apartment, the curtain should lbe unloopcd and' allowed to hangloosely over the window opening so as to cover .it 'andthe severalbuttons, after which the cord should Jlie-passed against end unfleueachhutten and the curtain .so'as to f ix the curtain against: the button.The portions ofthe cord between the huttonsltyill serve, when drawntight, to, keep thev cultoinrcloseup tothe window-frame. The cord maybe4 composed'n'holly or in part of India. rubber 'or other elns'tiesubstance. Thus,'in the above simple manner, and 'by means of the. cordand .series of buttons or kno'hsfth'e muslin curtain can be convertedinto n.

mosquito-curtain. j By'cletoching' it fromlthe buttons y'such curtainm'ey beusedns .a window-*curtainzi's ordinarily employed. 'u 'l 1 r' l,v

The combination and arrangement of the cord and the series'of buttons'or knobsf'or'V-their equivnlcntsfivith'

